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WASHING MACHINE.

Applicatinn filed Apr. 27, 1899.)

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E. LACHANCE.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 27, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES i PATENT EEICE.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part' of Letters atent No. 630,719, dated August s, 1899.

Application tied Aprn 27, 1999.

To all whom t 17m/y concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAED LAcHANcE, of Pittsburg,in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Mach ine,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact-description.

The object of my invention is to provide a washing-machine so constructed that neither rollers nor shafts are employed at the inside of the machine as rubbing-surfaces for the clothes, but in which the interior construction of the machine is such that when the body of the machine is agitated the heated washing iiuid and steam will be forced through the clothes in an eective manner, thoroughly cleansing them without injury to the finest or most delicate fabric.

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of the character described that can be durably, simply, and economically made and that will not unduly tax the strength of the person operating it.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved machine, a part of the platform being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the body of the machine, the section being taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the machine, taken at right angles to the section shown in Fig. 2, practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The body A of the machine is semicylindrical in form, the top being somewhat flat, and at the top two end boards 10 are secured, being attached to the inner face vof the peripheral section of the body and extending from side to side of the body, thus providing a central opening 11, and drip-boards 12 are made to rest upon the end boards 10, said dripboards'being adapted to conduct water to the opening 11.

Battens 14 are secured to the inner face of the sides ofthe body, said battens extending from one end board to the other, and these serai Nt. 714,729. (No medal.)

dles being preferably held in position by suitable straps 17, and the handles are connected by side braces 18. Y

A series of battens 191s polygonally arranged upon the inner face of each side of the body, as shown in Fig. 2, and these series of battens extend from one end board to lthe other a certain distance from the inner surface of the peripheral section of the body, as is also shown in Fig. 2. Cross-bars 20 connect corresponding battens 19, and plates 21 extend from one cross-bar 20 to the other and from the uppermost cross-bars of the end boards 10. These plates are preferably made of metal and have smooth .inner faces, and each plate is provided with a series of aper tures 22. However, instead of a number of plates being employed a single plate may be made to extend from one endboard to the other, as illustrated in the drawings. These plates, orasingle plate when used, are secured to the bottom edges of the side battens 19 and the bottom surfaces of the cross-bars 20. By this arrangement of plates a double bottom is provided for the body, and a space 23 is obtained between the inner and the outer bottom. This space 23 will receive the dirt and extraneous matter removed from the clothes, and if the body is reciprocated or rocked the washing uid contained in the space or chamber 23 will be forced out through the openings 22 in the inner bottom,together with the steam, with sucient violence to cause the water and steam to pass between ,the clothes, and thus cleanse them.

Side braces 24, which are in no sense rubbers, extend from the cross-bars 2O up to the center of the top battens 14, as shown in Fig. 2, and these braces serve to keep the` clothes constantly changing in position.

The Water may be drawn off fro m the space 23 through one or more openings 25 in one or both' of the sides of the body of the machine, the said openings being closed by suitable IOO plugs or caps of any description. Usually a series of teeth 2G is produced upon the outer face of the peripheral section ot the body at or near each side. The body is preferably mounted to rook upon a platform or table l5, provided with suitable marginal flanges 27, and at each side of said platform a track is secured upon its upper face, said tracks having openings 2S therein, arranged to receive the teeth 2G on the body when said teeth are used. Vhen the body is in an upright position, it is centrally located with reference to the table or plat-form B. Brackets 29 are se cured to the outer side faces of the bodynear the top, and springs 30 are attached to said brackets at one end, the other ends of the springs being secured to the central side portions of the table or platform B by means of fastening devices 3l, as shown in Fig. 1. 'lhus it will be observed that the body may be rocked toward either end of the table and that when carried in direction of an end of the said table or platform the springs arc placed under tension and act to assist in the return of the body in the direction fromwhieh it was carried.

One inclined position of the body is illustrated in dotted lines, and when the washboard is to be used or clothes are to be placed in the body the body is rocked in direction of one end of the table and held in this inclined position by a hook 32, pivoted to the table and arranged for engagement with a stud at one side of the body, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. l.

' Having thus described my inVention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a washing-machine, the combination, with a toothed support,of a tension-controlled body having teeth arranged to engage with those of the support and adapted for rocking movement upon the support, said body being provided with a cylindrical bottom, and an auxiliary apertured polygonal bottom spaced from the main bottom and connecting at its upper portion with said main bottom, a cover for the body, provided with a ribbed surface, and inclined planes attached to the body and having an inclination downwardly in direction of the ends of said Cover, as described.

EDG/XRD LAUIIANCE.

Witnesses:

l. J. MCKAY, A. A. Srurnurr. 

